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blue crab
noun[ C or U ]
uk /ˌbluː ˈkræb/ us /ˌbluː ˈkræb/
a type of large crab(= a sea creature with five pairs of legs and a round, flat body covered by a shell) that lives on the Atlantic coast of North America and is eaten as food: （生活在北美洲大西洋沿岸的）蓝蟹
The salt marshes are rich with blue crabs. 盐沼地里有许多蓝蟹。
They talked over a plate of blue crab.他们边吃蓝蟹边交谈。
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For hundreds of years the residents have earned their livelihoods from catching oysters and blue crabs.
Cleaning blue crabs is a messy job.
Surveys show that the bay's blue crab population has reached its lowest point in 30 years.
The blue crab harvest is a large portion of the commercial watermen's income.
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